Feud

noun

/fjuːd/

Word Frequency: 1.2

Definitions

1.nounA state of long-standing mutual hostility.

"You couldn't call it a feud exactly, but there had always been a chill between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods."

2.nounA staged rivalry between wrestlers.

3.nounA combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.

4.verbTo carry on a feud.

"The two men began to feud after one of them got a job promotion and the other thought he was more qualified."

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